Magic: The Gathering Launches Surprise Deadpool Secret Lair For "April 'Pools Day"

Sometimes, an announcement one might expect to be an April Fool's Day joke turns out to be the real deal. Case in point: One week after releasing limited-time drops featuring SpongeBob SquarePants, Wizards of the Coast has announced a surprise Secret Lair drop centered around Deadpool, the Merc With A Mouth from Marvel Comics.

The limited-run five-card drop features four reprinted MTG cards with new Deadpool-themed art and flavor text, in which the popular Marvel hero speaks directly to the player in his trademark fourth-wall-breaking style. The fifth card in the drop is a mechanically unique creature card for Deadpool himself--the first mechanically-unique Secret Lair card since Lara Croft, Tomb Raider in 2024.

The five cards in the Deadpool Secret Lair drop are as follows:

• Deadpool, Trading Card (Legendary Creature - Mutant Mercenary Hero)
  • Costs two generic, one red, and one black mana to cast
  • 5 power/3 toughness
  • As Deadpool enters, you may exchange his text box and another creature’s.
  • At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 3 life.
  • Pay three generic mana and sacrifice this creature: Each other player draws a card.
• Deadly Rollick
• Blasphemous Act
• Saw In Half
• Vandalblast

The Deadpool Secret Lair is the latest collaboration between Marvel and Magic: The Gathering, as Deadpool joins Captain America, Wolverine, Black Panther, Storm, and Iron Man on the list of heroes to receive themed Secret Lair drops. Spider-Man, meanwhile, will receive a full standard set in September, complete with booster packs, Welcome Decks, and more.

The Magic: The Gathering Deadpool Secret Lair is available now on the Secret Lair website.